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By Liz Losh 06/08/2010 - 5:15am Comments
Digital media and learning initiatives often talk in utopian terms about a “future without books,” but don’t say that to New School faculty member Trebor Scholz.  Scholz, who teaches in the Department of Culture and Media, has had great...
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By Raquel Recuero 06/04/2010 - 11:00am Comments
Raquel Recuero, a Brazilian professor, is an Internet culture researcher in South America. Wherever social networking sites have reached the mainstream, privacy seems to have become a more common worry for users. Brazilians, in general, have...
Privacy and social media sites: a growing, global concern Blog Image
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By Howard Rheingold 06/01/2010 - 2:00pm Comments
Your personal learning network is not just a network of people you learn from. A "pln," as enthusiasts call them, is a network of people who are learning together. I was given this essential lore - and truth be told, much of what I know about...
It's an amazing time to be a learner - Will Richardson Blog Image
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By Aaron Knochel 05/28/2010 - 5:40am Comments
Editor’s note: We asked student blogger Chris Sinclair to examine all the discourse, content, and conversation in and around the recent TEDxNYED event on education reform, curate it, and comment on it from a student’s perspective. If I had to...
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By Raquel Recuero 05/24/2010 - 11:25am Comments
Raquel Recuero, a Brazilian professor, is an Internet culture researcher in South America. Fotolog, a photo-sharing site, grew quickly in South America, becoming one of the most popular social networking services in Chile, Brazil and other...
Emergent Social Networks: Fotologs as Performances of the Self Blog Image
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By Barry Joseph 05/20/2010 - 8:00am Comments
Editor's note: Global Kids regularly points us to their current favorite resources. Please tell us what you're reading or watching and why others should as well! At the top of our list is the best-selling book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta...
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By Mimi Ito 05/17/2010 - 5:50am Comments
As of this week, I am officially part of Wikimedia's advisory board. I'm super excited to be part of the Wikimedia team and community, and am feeling rosy about the promise of all I will learn and hopefully even contribute. Like hordes of other...
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By Dante Noto 05/13/2010 - 10:15am Comments
The results of the MacArthur Foundation's 2010 Digital Media and Learning Competition are in, and the 10 winning projects can’t help but to inspire anyone even remotely interested in understanding the potential of the Internet and digital...
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By Cathy Davidson 05/10/2010 - 9:55am Comments
Meanwhile, back at the pedagogical ranch...You may remember that back in November I reported on my experiment in grading, combining the long tradition of contract grading with what I call “crowdsourced grading.”  Since I was already...
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By Dante Noto 05/06/2010 - 11:40am Comments
Announcing the Digital Media and Learning Game Changers Kids Competition! Please share the news and the link to the competition web site, with any kids or colleagues who work with young people who may be interested in applying. The deadline is...
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By Howard Rheingold 05/03/2010 - 7:30am Comments
Which of the following two assignments is more likely to engage high school students and inspire them to learn something?1.  Write a paper about contemporary US war veterans.2.  Create a multimedia resource of news feeds, archival...
Librarian 2.0: Buffy J. Hamilton   Blog Image
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By Aaron Knochel 04/29/2010 - 6:50am Comments
There is an assumption that digital natives are naturally predisposed to understanding how to use computers and technology, just because we grew up with the Internet, texting, and emailing. I'm 21 years old, I am a so-called digital native, but...
A Digital Native Reframes The Concept Blog Image
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By danah boyd 04/26/2010 - 6:10am Comments
Questions-and-answers have played a central role in digital bonding since the early days of Usenet.  Teenagers have consistently co-opted quizzes and surveys and personality tests to talk about themselves with those around them.  They...
Question-and-Answer Harassment: Early thoughts on Formspring.me Blog Image
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By John Jones 04/19/2010 - 7:05am Comments
Since the announcement of Apple's iPad, reactions to the device have been extremely polarized. While some people have been highly critical of the device, others have reacted positively. Still others have reacted first negatively then positively...
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By Barry Joseph 04/14/2010 - 11:15am Comments
Editor's note: Global Kids each month points us to their current favorite resources. Please take a moment and share some of yours, too, in the comments section. Also, we always value knowing what the knowledge-hungry leaders at GK are reading,...
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